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Pressure relief valves

US3999571A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 29, 1975
Grant dateDec 28, 1976
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Expiry dateJul 29, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T137/7913
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A pressure relief valve, e.g. for oil tankers comprising a valve housing, in the interior of which there is provided a valve seat for an upwardly opening valve body which carries a drop-shaped throttling member located in a flow-off opening at the top of the valve housing at a distance from the valve seat.

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